Company Mental Models, Evaluation Systems, and Engineer Learning

The discussion evolved from whether it is right or wrong to learn something during work hours that is not directly related to work.

This tweet cleared my head a bit.

Most companies in the world evaluate employees based on output ≒ results, so in order to incorporate study time into work hours, you have to change the evaluation system. Since Cybozu evaluates employees based on their "market value," if they can increase their market value during their study time, their evaluation will be positive even if they incorporate their study time into their work time. This is the understanding of Cybozu.

If you think, "As long as I get results, it's okay, right? If you think like that, you will lose your evaluation at Cybozu without mercy. I learned a lot more from the message that raising one's market value is essential for engineers to survive in this world, and that the company encourages this.

There are two types of mental models of a company.

The mental model of "[There is no Mr. Company.

=The company is not the subject, but the people who have gathered there.

Cybozu clearly takes this stance.

The former mental model says.

Tend to think "I give the results OR time to the company and receive payment for it."

With this approach, "It's not right for the company to pay me for using my time for my own studies, is it?

Because they see themselves and the company as separate.

The latter mental model.

Salaries are not paid for anything.

How much to pay depends on the value of the individual.

Market value and other factors are used to calculate this value.

Since a company is an aggregate of people, an increase in the value of its people is an increase in the value of the company.

So learning is encouraged.

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The model "workers do not have the means of production, so they sell their labor to a company (capitalist) that has the means of production and get paid for it" does not hold true for intellectual workers.

[Intellectual workers own the means of production.

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Things that I had started to draw and then put to sleep because I thought something was a little different.

Two types of mental models for the company

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View the company as a "temporary phenomenon of people who share the mission" like a campfire or festival.

When I was drawing this diagram, I wasn't aware of the cut-off point that the evaluation system was different in the first place.

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